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September 2019 San Francisco Chapter Newsletter The American Guild of Organists Submission deadline for the October issue is September 10 inside this issue Advertisements 2, 5 Report from Special Projects Committee 2 Pacific Union College Hymn Festival 2 Chapter Donors — Updated Aug 2019 3 Program Year 2019–2020 Season 4 RIP Douglas Franks 5 Steve’s Organ Lit Corner 7 Placement & Classifieds 7 Information Box — Last updated 08/01/2019 7 Events Calendar & Looking Ahead 8 Dean’s Message, page 6 September Event, page 6 Dean’s Message by Susanne Rommel V oilà: As your new dean, I owe you an introduction and I will introduce myself to you momentarily. Just hold on for a little bit, as I want to start with acknowledging many people I had the pleasure of working with during the last season. First of all, I want to thank everyone who served with me on the board during 2018–2019 (Bill, Eric, Liz, Michael, Pat, Chris and John) for their great leadership and collaboration. As a new member, I felt immediately welcome and enjoyed each of our meetings and encounters. Also, I want to thank Eric Choate for serving as the sub dean last season. Eric brought excellent perspectives into our discussions, and it was fun prepping for our SFAGO social gatherings together. For this season, Eric decided to step down and I wish him best of success in his future endeavors. Much of my gratitude goes to Bill Vaughan, who served as dean for the last three years. His dedication and excellence are truly exceptional. There is a lot I am looking forward to learning from Bill. Thankfully, he will continue to serve on the board as sub dean, giving me plenty of opportu- nity to learn from him. And last but not least, I want to extend a warm welcome to James Smith who will serve as sub dean elect: What a great addition to the board. Welcome, James! Next, I want to introduce myself. The easiest way would be to use the Bio I had just submitted for a ‘Women in Leadership’ event in August, where I served as one of the few women leader panelists. Such an introduction would read similar to: I am currently Executive Director, Quality at Gilead for Commercial Products and Quality Systems leading a team of approx. 40 quality professionals overseeing global operations. My career started as an Artificial Intelligence data scientist at Bayer in Germany after I earned my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and my Master degree in Biology from the University of Hamburg, Germany. After moving to the U.S. I extended my studies and also received an MBA from Santa Clara University. I am especially fond of my family: I met my husband Michael when studying at the University of Hamburg in the late 90s. We have been married for 20 years and have two boys, Jan 14 and Tim 12 years old. For more than 14 years, we have lived in the Oakland Hills, enjoy- September Event from Susanne Rommel and George Emblom Bálint Karosi in Concert Co-Sponsored with St Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday, September 8, 2019 4 pm — after 3 pm Evensong 5 pm — Festive Reception and Used Music available for free! St Mark’s Episcopal Church 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Concert Program: Praeludium in A Major BuxWV 151 Dieterich Buxtehude, 1637–1707 Vintage (2019, US Premier) Gianluca Verlingieri, b 1976 Prelude and Fugue in G Major BWV 550 Von Gott will ich nicht lassen BWV 658 J S Bach, 1685–1750 Prelude and Fugue in G Chorale prelude on “Amazing Grace” Bálint Karosi, b 1979 Salamanca Guy Bovet, b 1942 Improvisation on a submitted hymn tune Bálint Karosi Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in E Major BWV 564 J S Bach
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September 2019
San Francisco Chapter NewsletterThe American Guild of Organists
Submission deadline for the October issue is September 10
inside this issueAdvertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 5Report from Special Projects Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pacific Union College Hymn Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Chapter Donors — Updated Aug 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Program Year 2019–2020 Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4R .I .P . Douglas Franks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Steve’s Organ Lit Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Placement & Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Information Box — Last updated 08/01/2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Events Calendar & Looking Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dean’s Message, page 6
September Event, page 6
Dean’s Messageby Susanne Rommel
Voilà: As your new dean, I owe you an introduction and I will introduce myself to you momentarily. Just hold on for a little bit, as I want to start with acknowledging
many people I had the pleasure of working with during the last season. First of all, I want to thank everyone who served with me on the board during 2018–2019 (Bill, Eric, Liz, Michael, Pat, Chris and John) for their great leadership and collaboration. As a new member, I felt immediately welcome and enjoyed each of our meetings and encounters. Also, I want to thank Eric Choate for serving as the sub dean last season. Eric brought excellent perspectives into our discussions, and it was fun prepping for our SFAGO social gatherings together. For this season, Eric decided to step down and I wish him best of success in his future endeavors. Much of my gratitude goes to Bill Vaughan, who served as dean for the last three years. His dedication and excellence are truly exceptional. There is a lot I am looking forward to learning from Bill. Thankfully, he will continue to serve on the board as sub dean, giving me plenty of opportu-nity to learn from him. And last but not least, I want to extend a warm welcome to James Smith who will serve as sub dean elect: What a great addition to the board. Welcome, James!
Next, I want to introduce myself. The easiest way would be to use the Bio I had just submitted for a ‘Women in Leadership’ event in August, where I served as one of the few women leader panelists. Such an introduction would read similar to: I am currently Executive Director, Quality at Gilead for Commercial Products and Quality Systems leading a team of approx. 40 quality professionals overseeing global operations. My career started as an Artificial Intelligence data scientist at Bayer in Germany after I earned my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and my Master degree in Biology from the University of Hamburg, Germany. After moving to the U.S. I extended my studies and also received an MBA from Santa Clara University.
I am especially fond of my family: I met my husband Michael when studying at the University of Hamburg in the late 90s. We have been married for 20 years and have two boys, Jan 14 and Tim 12 years old. For more than 14 years, we have lived in the Oakland Hills, enjoy-
September Eventfrom Susanne Rommel and George Emblom
Bálint Karosi in ConcertCo-Sponsored with
St Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday, September 8, 2019
4 pm — after 3 pm Evensong 5 pm — Festive Reception andUsed Music available for free!
St Mark’s Episcopal Church2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Concert Program:
Praeludium in A Major BuxWV 151 Dieterich Buxtehude, 1637–1707
Vintage (2019, US Premier) Gianluca Verlingieri, b . 1976
Prelude and Fugue in G Major BWV 550 Von Gott will ich nicht lassen BWV 658 J . S . Bach, 1685–1750
Prelude and Fugue in G Chorale prelude on “Amazing Grace” Bálint Karosi, b . 1979
Salamanca Guy Bovet, b . 1942
Improvisation on a submitted hymn tune Bálint Karosi
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in E Major BWV 564 J . S . Bach
SFAGO Newsletter • September 20192
The financial success of the 1984 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists hosted and organized by
the San Francisco Chapter led to the establishment of a special fund administered by an independent committee. The purpose of this Committee was and continues to be to award grants to worthwhile individuals and organizations for special proj-ects which further the cause of the organ and its music. The Committee typically meets three times a year to consider grant applications and funding.
This past fiscal year, the Special Projects Committee received several grant applications, and was able to grant full or partial requests to the following individuals and organizations: • $2,000.00 to the Orange County Chapter AGO towards the
costs associated with their Regional Convention this past July.
• $1,000.00 to the San Francisco Peninsula Organ Academy. The Academy, directed by Angela Kraft-Cross, seeks to offer scholarships to young organ students to offset costs for study in France. This particular grant helped two local teenaged organists to do just that.
• $1,000.00 to Wyatt Smith towards the commissioning of a new song cycle for organ and mezzo-soprano buy Craig Phillips.
• $1,000.00 to Christopher Holman towards a project to make the first commercial recording of Swiss Renaissance key-board music on the historic 1435 organ in Sion, Switzerland.
* $1,000.00 to Rhonda Sider Edgington towards a series of concerts of new music for organ, marimba, and Taiko drums, including a commissioned work by Carson Cooman for organ and percussion.
• $1,000.00 to the Cape Cod Chapter AGO towards the costs associated with their Pipe Organ Encounter this past June.
• $3,000.00 to the Organ Historical Society towards the costs associated with their upcoming symposium, The Symphonic Organ at Stoneleigh: An Aeolian-Skinner Celebration.
There are more than a few individuals who have contributed funds to the SPC via the Chapter this past year, who hope-fully have all been acknowledged, but I want to reserve special thanks and acknowledgement to Oscar Burdick, a long-time chapter member, who contributed $6,500.00 last October as part of a bequest to the fund by his late wife, Dora (also a long-time and valued member). We truly could not have even come close to the awards we made this year without that help!
The Committee members are Natsuko Murayama and Stephan Repasky (serving from 2018 through Spring 2020), Jason Jia and Larry Marietta (serving from 2019 to Spring 2021) and Terry O’Connor, who takes my place as I cycle off the Committee. His tenure continues through Spring 2022. It has been my plea-sure to serve on the Committee these past three years. s
Report from the SFAGO Special Projects Committeeby John Karl Hirten, Chair (2018-2019)
An Invitation from the PUC Churchfor you to join us:
An afternoon Hymn Sing Festivalwith special musical numbers featuring our Rieger Organ
September 21, 2019 4:00 pm
Reception following in the Fireside Room.
Few people fail to find beauty in the world of music, whether it be in the lilting song of the flute, the majestic roar of the timpani, or the mellow tones of the guitar. Music soothes and relieves us, and the Rieger organ at Pacific Union College is an instrument dedicated to the promotion of peace, beauty, and praise within the walls of the Pacific Union College sanctuary.
Constructed in Schwarzach, Austria, the Rieger is made of African mahogany, Austrian
spruce, ivory and ebony, and uses steel I beams for internal support. As well as being a visual masterpiece, the Rieger is an audial showcase making use of fifty-eight stops, eight couplers, and eight combination stops.
The most magnificent feature of the Rieger organ at the Pacific Union College Church, however, is not its case, nor its stops, but its unique contribution to the worship and praise of God in His sanctuary.
Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord in His sanctuary;Praise Him with trumpet sound;Praise Him with lute and harp!
Praise Him with strings and pipes!Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:1,3,4
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The SFAGO wishes to thank the following people for their support of the Recital Series.
Bombarde ($1000+)
Tuba Mirabilis ($500–$999)Robert Tall & Associates, Inc.
Trompette en Chamade ($250–$499)John M. AgrazThomas FlesherFather Robert K. RienSusanne RommelChristoph TietzeJohn WalkoTimothy Zerlang
San Francisco AGO Chapter Recital Series Donors
Clarion ($100–$249)Clara J. CoCharles CorumGregory S. DeSantisElizabeth H. ForsythJud HammonAngela Kraft CrossLarry H. MariettaJames MartinNatsuko Murayama W. Wayne RitchieAllen G. SchellJon TownsendWilliam L. VaughanWilliam A. Visscher
Thank you very much for your donations! There is still plenty of time to send in a tax-deductible gift.
These lists were compiled from AGO National remit forms. September 2018 – August 2019
Hautbois ($50–$99)Josephine BenningtonGary W. JenningsReiko Oda LaneStephen LuzmoorHelen PereiraGary C. Toops
Krummhorn ($25–$49)Alan C. BlackGail M. BurnettLeilani CamaraJeanette CoolRobert H. DouglassJoseph A. HansenChristopher KeadyMartin A. LilleyTerry M. O’Connor Marian E. OttVlada Volkova-Moran
Vox Humana ($1–$24)
San Francisco AGO Chapter Donations
The SFAGO wishes to thank the following people for their financial support to the Chapter Donation category.
John M. AgrazAlan C. BlackJeanette CoolCharles CorumFrancis M. CummingsSteven C. GrayJud HammonJoe E. McClain Natsuko Murayama
Terry M. O’Connor Marian E. OttSteven R. RauschFather Robert K. RienW. Wayne RitchieGary C. ToopsJon Townsend Vlada Volkova-Moran
The SFAGO thanks the following people for their financial support to the International Mailing category.
SFAGO Special Projects Donations The SFAGO wishes to thank the following people
for their financial support to the Special Projects category.
John M. AgrazJosephine BenningtonJeanette CoolJoseph A. Hansen
Natsuko MurayamaHelen PereiraGary C. ToopsVlada Volkova-Moran
SFAGO International Mailing Donations
Terry M. O’ConnorVlada Volkova-Moran
SFAGO Newsletter • September 20194
San Francisco Chapter American Guild of Organists2019 – 2020 Season*
Bálint Karosi in Concert – Co-Sponsored with St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday, September 8, 2019, 4pm (after 3pm Evensong)St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Youth Organist’s Halloween ConcertDirected by Angela Kraft-Cross Friday, October 25, 2019, 8pmCongregational Church of San Mateo, 225 Tilton Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401
Advent Lessons and CarolsDirected by Don PearsonSunday, December 1, 2019, 4pmSt. Ignatius of Antioch, 3351 Contra Loma Blvd, Antioch, CA 94509
David Briggs in Concert – 10th Anniversary of the Conroy Memorial OrganTuesday, January 7, 2020, 7:30pmCathedral of Christ the Light, 2121 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Weicheng Zhao in Concert – Co-sponsored with Grace CathedralSunday, January 12, 2020, 4pmGrace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Cathedral Hill Organ Crawl(President’s Day) Monday, February 17, 2020, 10am Organs of the Cathedral Hill, San Francisco
Piano and Organ: Angela Kraft Cross and Jerome Lenk – Co-sponsored with Mission Dolores BasilicaSunday, March 8, 2020, 4pmMission Dolores Basilica, 3321 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Annual Dinner and Choral Concert – St. Mary the Virgin and St. Dominic’s Choirs Directed by Simon Berry and Eric ChoateMonday, May 18 2020, 6:30 dinner, 7:30 concertSt. Dominic’s Catholic Church, 2390 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
* Start times might change and will be announced closer to the events
SFAGO Newsletter • September 2019 5
Election Results Dean – Susanne Rommel Sub Dean – William Vaughan Sub Dean Elect – James Smith
Our other board members will remain the same:
Secretary – Elizabeth Forsythe Treasurer – Michael Page
R.I.P. Douglas FRanksfrom Michael Page
Douglas Franks passed away on July 3rd.
A memorial service will be held sometime in September.
No other details are known at this time.
SFAGO Newsletter • September 20196
ing especially the Redwood Regional Park as our ‘extended backyard’. We hold strong bonds to Germany, regularly visiting our family members there. We just got back from an extended stay at my mom’s place in Bad Reichenhall, which is only ten miles away from Salzburg, Austria, where Mozart was born.
Music has always played an important role in our family. I was organist in Hamburg, Germany (St Paulus in Billstedt and St Joseph in Wandsbek) between 1989 and 2001 and earned an organist C-Schein during that time. Both of our children started playing piano and singing in the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir at a young age.
Lastly, I want to share an additional motivation to serve as dean. From the corporate world in the pharmaceutical industry, I learned the benefits of aligned core values. In my company, three of these core values are Teamwork, Excellence and Inclusion. What motivates me about serving as dean relates to these core values: Our chapter is based on teamwork, as we are all in this together providing a forum for mutual support, inspiration, and education. We are a center of excellence and our purpose is to encourage excellence in the performance of organ and choral music. And we are a diverse group of members, with the expected benefits of enhanced creativity and increased idea generation. Working in such an environ-ment makes me excited for the season to start.
And the start of our season is just around the corner: I hope to meet you all at our opening concert on Sunday, September 8, 4:00pm (after 3:00 pm Evensong) at St Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley. A big thank you goes to George Emblom for co-sponsoring this event: Bálint Karosi, Composer, Organist and Cantor at St Peter’s Lutheran Church in New York City has created an exciting program for us, with works of Buxtehude, Verlingieri, Bach, Bovet and Karosi. I am much looking forward to this concert; see you there and at the reception that will follow it! s
Dean’s Message, from front page
About Our Performer
Dr Bálint Karosi is the recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship for composition by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the first prize of the 16th International Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany. His compositions have been performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Spectrum Symphony of New York, the New Hungarian Music Society (UMZE), Musiciens Libres, the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra, Anima Musica Chamber Orchestra, Antico Moderno, the Norfolk Festival Chorus, the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra, Canto Armonico and the Boston Choral Ensemble. He com-posed three concertos for organ, concertos for harpsichord, clarinet, baroque violins, a triple concerto for harp, cimba-lom and guitar, works for solo organ, choir, three cantatas and works ranging from full symphony orchestra to solo and chamber music.
As an organist, Dr Karosi has performed at Saint Sulpice in Paris, the Saint Thomas Church and Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the St Petri Dom in Bremen, at Izumi Hall in Osaka and Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama. He is noted for his organ improvisations; he has given masterclasses in improvisation and performance practice in South Korea, Italy, Hungary and across the United States. He has five CDs, including his own orchestral compositions, J.S. Bach’s Art of Fugue and Clavier-übung III, released by Hungaroton.
Bálint currently serves as Cantor at Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in midtown Manhattan, where he directs the classi-cal music program with frequent performances of cantatas on period instruments, including a yearly performance of one of J. S. Bach’s passions on Good Friday. Previously, Bálint served as Minister of Music at the First Lutheran Church of Boston, where he established a Bach Cantata Vespers series and co-founded the annual Boston Bach Birthday.
Bálint studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Conservatoire de Genève, the Oberlin Conservatory, and earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at Yale University. His composition teachers were Martin Bresnick, Christopher Theofanidis and Aaron Jay Kernis.
https://www.youtube.com/user/vizipok01www.karosi.org
Organ Music AvailableOrgan music that has been donated to the Chapter will be available for the taking at this event. s
September Event, from front page
Richard Purvis, Organist of Gracefrom James Welch
James Welch is pleased to announce that his biography Richard Purvis, Organist of Grace, is now available both as a print book
and a Kindle eBook. For details, please visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VY5F2XW. s
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SFAGO Newsletter is published monthly, August thru May, with a Summer issue for June/July, by the San Francisco Chapter, American Guild of Organists. Opinions stated herein are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect official policies of this Chapter. The deadline for receipt of all newsletter items is the 10th of the month preceding publication. Dean: Susanne Rommel, [email protected] Sub Dean: William Vaughan, [email protected] Sub Dean Elect: James Smith, [email protected] Secretary: Elizabeth Forsyth, [email protected] Treasurer: Michael Page, [email protected] Registrar: Christoph Tietze, 415.924.1377, [email protected] Webmaster: Frank Torrano, [email protected] Chapter Website: www.sfago.org
Newsletter Departments: Send your entries to the appropriate editor; all submissions are due by 10th of the month preceding publication Events Calendar Listings: Brian Swager, 415.551.7866, [email protected] Job Placement & For Sale Listings: David Howitt, 510-437-0254, [email protected] Obituary Listings: William Vaughan, [email protected] Newsletter Articles & Paid Ads: George Morten, 209.565.6660, [email protected] 20
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Classified AdsCollected by David Howitt
This information is provided as a service to SFAGO members and the employing institutions. Inclusion of information in this column does not imply endorsement by the SFAGO. Send Job Referrals items, Substitutes Available notices, and For Sale items to: [email protected]. Deadline for the October issue is September 10. Online listings available at: https://www.sfago.org/classifieds
Steve’s Organ Lit Cornerby Steve Repasky
POSITIOnS AvAILABLE
80 Chorale Preludes: German Masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries, edited by Hermann Keller, Edition Peters no. 4448.
This is a very essential book for the church organist’s reper-toire. It includes 80 German hymn-based preludes by various composers: Walther, Zachau, Vetter, Pachelbel, J.C. Bach, Krebs, Scheidt and more. They are written for both manuals only, many with pedals. It was gathered to supplement 45 Chorale Preludes of the Old Masters, edited by Karl Straube, Edition Peters no. 3048. Order both now. s
East Bay - Inland
MUSIC DIRECTOR AnD ORgAnIST – Faith Lutheran Church, 20080 Redwood Road, Castro Valley 94546. seeks a qualified person to provide musical leadership and creative vision to Faith’s dynamic music and worship ministries. Experience in choral directing, bell choir, organ, and piano performance and accompaniment is desired. II/34 Balcom & Vaughan pipe organ (stop list available www.flccv.org), Yamaha C7 grand piano, four octave set of Malmark handbells. Full-time or part-time negotiable with compensation commensurate with applicant’s experience and skill set. The Music Director is a paid staff person under the direct supervision of the Pastor. Faith has a diverse and blended worship style rooted in Lutheran heritage and based on Lutheran theology following the liturgical calendar. For a more detailed job description please contact the Parish Administrator, Angelina Trujillo at [email protected] or the SFAGO Job Placement coordinator, David Howitt at [email protected].
East Bay - South
ORgAnIST AnD CHOIR ACCOMPAnIST – Faith Lutheran Church, 50 Woodsworth Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 is seeking an organist/pianist to play a prelude, offertory, postlude, hymns and service music for the Sunday, 9:00 am worship service. Also the organist/pianist will accompany the choir and/or soloists during the service followed by a 10:30 am choir rehearsal. The candidate shall demonstrate proficiency on a fine Bosch two-manual tracker action organ and the salary will be based on said proficiency and experience. Please contact Pastor Tim Roggow at [email protected] or contact the church office at 925.685.7353.
San FranciscoVOlUnTEER ORgAnIST – St Luke Chapel, California Pacific Medical Center is wanted to play the organ on a regular basis. For more information and to request photos of the organ please contact Susuan Leeds, Program Coordinator CPMC Department of Spiritual Care. Please email at [email protected]
SFAGO Newsletter • September 20198
Bay Area Concert CalendarCollected by Brian Swager
Events, dates, times, and locations are subject to change without notice. Compiled from flyers, press releases, and listings submitted by members and organizations. SFAGO is not responsible for errors, although every effort is made to be accurate. Submission deadline for the October issue is September 10. Send event listings to [email protected]. For the most up-to-date calendar, visit www.sfago.org, click on Calendar.
Recurring VenuesChurches and institutions offering programs on a regular basis have been assigned ab-breviations so as to save space in our listings. Abbreviations are listed below with the full name of the venue. When no city is stated, San Francisco is assumed.
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CACK: Ch. of the Advent of Christ the King CSMA: Cath. of St Mary of the Assumption GC: Grace Cathedral LOH: Legion of Honor Museum MDB: Mission Dolores Basilica SME-B: St Mark’s Episcopal Ch, Berkeley TESPE: Trinity & St Peter’s Episcopal Ch Looking Ahead
September1 Sunday4pm. Christoph Tietze, Organ. Cathedral Widor Festival. Third Symphony. Free parking. Freewill offering. CSMA
5pm. Robert Gurney, Organ. Labor Day Pops Concert. Music of Copland & Gershwin. Freewill offering. TESPE
7 Saturday4pm. Jonathan Dimmock, Organ. Museum admission varies. LOH
8 Sunday4pm. SFAGO EVENT Bálint Karosi, Organ. Preceded by Evensong at 3pm. Freewill offering. Reception follows. SME-B
4pm. John Karl Hirten, Organ. Cathedral Widor Festival. Symphonie gothique. Free parking. Freewill offering. CSMA
4pm. Chase Olson, Organ. $10 suggested donation. MDB
14 Saturday4pm. Jonathan Dimmock, Organ. Museum admission varies. LOH
15 Sunday4pm. Ugo Sforza, Organ. Cathedral Widor Festival. Sixth Symphony. Free parking. Freewill offering. CSMA
21 Saturday4pm. Jonathan Dimmock, Organ. Museum admission varies. LOH
22 Sunday4pm. Domenico Severin, Organ. Free parking. Freewill offering. CSMA
October5 Saturday8pm. Ars Minerva: operatic vignettes celebrating women of the Mediterranean. Tickets ($25-$45) and info at eventbrite.com World Cultural Center, 906 Broadway
6 Sunday4pm. Nicholas Capozzoli, Organ. $10 suggested donation. GC
5pm. Robert Gurney, Organ. Music of Franck & Vierne. Freewill offering. TESPE
9 Wednesday7:30pm. James Welch, Organ. $10. Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford
13 Sunday4pm. Marek Kudlicki, Organ. Preceded by Evensong at 3pm. Freewill offering. Reception follows. SME-B
4pm. Jerome Lenk, Organ. Music of JS Bach. 30th anniversary as Basilica organist. $10 suggested donation. MDB
20 Sunday3pm. Paul Jacobs, Organ. Music of Bach, Mozart, Ives, and Vierne. Tickets: sfsymphony.org Davies Symphony Hall
4pm. Solemn Evensong & Benediction for Pentecost XIX. Schola Adventus; Paul M Ellison, Director. Music of Howells, Smith, Stanford, and Vale. Reception follows. CACK
25 Friday8pm. SFAGO EVENT Youth Organists’ Halloween Concert. Congregational Church of San Mateo
26 Saturday7pm. James Welch, Organ. Halloween Concert. $10. St Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
November1 Friday6:30pm. Procession & High Mass for the Feast of All Saints. Schola Adventus; Paul M Ellison, Director. Music of Bach, Harris, Victoria, and Willan. Reception follows. CACK
2 Saturday6:30pm. High Latin Mass of Requiem for the Solemnity of All Souls. Schola Adventus; Paul M Ellison, Director. Gregorian chants including Dies irae. Reception follows. CACK
3 Sunday4pm. Benjamin Sheen, Organ. $10 suggested donation. GC
5pm. Evensong. Organ recital by Chase Olson follows at 5:30. Freewill offering. TESPE
10 Sunday4pm. Amanda Mole, Organ. Preceded by Evensong at 3pm. Freewill offering. Reception follows. SME-B
4pm. Eric Choate, Organ. $10 suggested donation. MDB
28 Saturday4pm. Jonathan Dimmock, Organ. Museum admission varies. LOH
29 Sunday 4pm. Jonathan Dimmock, Organ. Cathedral Widor Festival. Fifth Symphony. Free parking. Freewill offering. CSMA
December1 Sunday
8pm. SFAGO EVENT Advent Lessons & Carols. Don Pearson, Director. St Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church, Antioch
8 Sunday4pm. Emma Whitten, Organ. Preceded by Evensong at 3pm. Freewill offering. Reception follows. SME-B
